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Today, we are excited to welcome four USGBC chapters as integrated regions of USGBC National.
Welcome to Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky and Nevada!
(In July we welcomed Wisconsin and Iowa, in June we welcomed Georgia, Montana, Idaho, New Mexico, South Carolina, Central Pennsylvania and Oklahoma, and in April we welcomed the USGBC National Capital Region).
This transition comes as part of our exciting chapter network evolution, which...

Download our latest USGBC-branded wallpaper for your desktop, laptop, tablet, smartphone. Did we mention that it's free?
(Click the links below to download.)
1680x1050 / 2560x1440 / Mobile / Tablet
And while you're at it, view previous freebies from January and April, as well as wallpaper downloads from last year: March and July. What wallpaper is on your wishlist? Leave us a note in the comments.

A few months ago, I wrote about how LEED projects all over the world are soaring to new heights, profiling five iconic LEED certified global skyscrapers that are industry leaders in green building. This is not a phenomenon unique to these buildings—some of the world's tallest and most historic buildings are continuing to raise the bar by creating better, high-performing buildings that are safe, healthy, inclusive, smart, productive, efficient, resilient, responsive and, above all,...

Korea’s Songdo International Business District (IBD) has reached another green building milestone and now totals 19.5 million square feet of LEED-certified space. Songdo IBD, an exciting new 1,500-acre city being built on reclaimed land on the coast of Incheon, South Korea, continues to bolster its position as one of the world's most ambitious LEED developments.
The numbers tell the story: The 19.5 million square foot (1.8 million square meter) figure represents 12 projects...

Building occupants directly and indirectly control a significant portion of a facility’s energy use. Positive engagement with building tenants is a smart energy management, to be sure—but it’s also a sound business strategy.
Here are three of the biggest reasons to hop on the tenant engagement bandwagon relative to your building’s energy use, along with three ways to get started today.
1. Tenants consume a lot of energy—give them the visibility they need to reduce...

Green cleaning in schools has long been championed by parents, school staff, sustainability leaders, and cleaning industry professionals, but what about by state leadership?
Since 2006, 10 states and the District of Columbia have implemented laws which address green cleaning in schools. And while there has been an increasing push for schools, school districts, and states to adopt green cleaning practices, little work has been done analyzing the successes of these laws. Which got us thinking,...

This month, Wes Sullens was recognized as one of USGBC's Above and Beyond Volunteers—a volunteer leader whose contributions have led to outstanding achievements in the green building movement.
Wes currently serves as the Chair of the Materials and Resources Technical Advisory Group and is a member of the LEED Technical Committee and the Supply Chain Optimization Working Group. Wes also represents USGBC as Vice Chair of the ASHRAE Standard 189.1 Committee for High Performance Green...

The new Advisory Council will provide USGBC with the industry insights and deep technical experience that are critical to USGBC as it seeks to position itself for future success.
Online self-nomination applications for this new opportunity are open until Friday, August 14, 2015, at 5 pm PT for the following six seats:
Facility Management and Operations: Open to a facility or property manager with experience championing sustainability integration within facilities management operations. (PDF/...

Located in a LEED EBOM Gold building, Nixon Peabody’s new Washington, D.C. office is at the forefront of green building technology.
To celebrate the opening, the firm recently hosted a panel discussion, “How building green builds neighborhoods.” Kicking off the event, panelists Emily Stiever with DC Sun and Jay Wilson with the D.C. Department of the Environment (DDOE) discussed their initiatives to make solar energy affordable and accessible for all residents in the...

In Brazil, LEED certifications are becoming increasingly commonplace. There are over 5.22 million gross square meters of LEED space and there are more than 991 LEED-certified and registered projects. Additionally, Brazil is currently the fourth market for LEED outside of the U.S.
You're invited to celebrate this success and attend the 6th Greenbuilding Brazil International Conference and Expo. Greenbuilding Brazil is the leading sustainable construction trade show in...

Last year USGBC released an app, which enabled users to read USGBC publications and articles on an iPad through a beautiful, and easy-to-use interface.
The app provides access to the latest news and articles published on usgbc.org, as well as access to all publications associated with the usgbc.org site user account.
With our most recent update, you can now watch courses on the go. The newly launched “Education” section of the app helps you to find and watch the right course...

A Green Apple Day of Service project from earlier this year has already gained national attention from the likes of the Washington Post and LA’s National Public Radio for its approach to solving the rapid decline in native bee populations.
Staff at PROSOCO, led by sustainability and environment manager Kay Johnson, partnered with a team of architects at Clark | Huesemann, and researchers from the University of Kansas Biological Survey to combat one of the biggest culprits of...